Venezuelan Ex-General Says CIA Knew of Plots Against Maduro

Venezuelan Ex-General Says CIA Knew of Plots Against Maduro
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the opening of the new court term in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 22, 2021. Manaure Quintero/Reuters
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A former Venezuelan general accused of participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy with the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, says there’s no way he participated in such a scheme.

After all, how could Clíver Antonio Alcalá Cordones have conspired with Maduro when the CIA knows he was one of the rebels working to overthrow Maduro’s socialist government?